vite-node --watch doesn't close process before restarting

So, Vite considers editing the main entry here as a full reload type of HMR, so it won’t call dispose, and it calls accept too late. But I found a way to close server before ViteNode reevaluates file:

if (import.meta.hot) {
  import.meta.hot.on("vite:beforeFullReload", () => {
    server.close();
  });
}

Maybe it’s a good idea to also add dispose just in case:

import.meta.hot.dispose(() => {
  server.close()
});

It will be called only if HMR is triggered not as a full reload. According to Vite docs it’s meant to clear all side effects.

We should probably add this information to docs.

Alright, i have to revert what i´ve said. The error still appears, i just didn´t fully tested it.

Using vite-node for running servers in development doesnt seems to work at the moment. What could eventually solve it would be an option to completely get rid of the current node process that runs the code and spawn a new process with the latest code (basically rebuild the whole app and run it like nodemon). I´ve tried disabling hmr but that just disables all reload capabilities.

I´d love to use vite for this due to the speed and plugin ecosystem but i wonder if this kind of usage is in the scope of vite-node or if we should rather use something else to run our server (something like nodemon/ts-node-dev).